I had the wonderful opportunity to go back to England for a conference a couple weeks ago. We spend one night in London and did some touristy things there before moving on to Oxford for the actual conference. It was atypically cold while we were there and it actually was snowing our first day in London (or maybe both days?). The locals told us was not a normal thing at all. Other than that the weather was actually quite nice and we (Mindy and I) covered a lot of ground by foot and train to see things.
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| Chatting with a Tower of London Raven. Too cool! |
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London Bridge - Just outside the Tower of London
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| Mindy and I on the London Eye |
We rode the London Eye which ended up being a bit of a disaster. First of all it was snowing - we thought this might be cool but really it just limited visibility and made the outside of the bubble we were in all wet. So you really couldn't even tell it was snowing. The thing moves SLOW. It is supposed to take about 30 minutes to go around once I believe. But we got stuck at the top and ended up being on that thing for about 2 hours. there was some irritated people but Mindy and I kept it good spirits. We just laughed about it and drank more beers later :)
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Radcliffe Camera in Oxford
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| Don't recall what this is but I saw it on a morning run |
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| Dinning hall at Christ Church |
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| Christ Church |
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| Natural History Museum was very nice |
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Quality pub time! Beware of low ceilings in this old pubs :)
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We definitely covered lots of ground in our limited free time and enjoyed lots of local, traditional cask ales which is a must have anytime you are in the UK.
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